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hello

long time since posted...

21 years since the NEC Arena gig (Von, Bruhn, Brincheno) the last of the VT era line-up.

can anyone still remember the gig? one of my favourites and still have the white t-shirt somewhere with 27.6.92 across the back.

Oh aye. Everyone queueing at the end to get their studded belts back

markfiend - we joined this forum almost the same date..

you got 16 thousand posts

I got 40...

I remember it fondly & yes, I remember queuing for my bullet belt.
I had one of the t shirts too, but that's long since disintegrated

My favourite ever Sisters gig. The choice of song selection to open was just fantastic.

Comfortably Numb
SKOS
1st and Last
Ribbons
Alice
Dominion
Body Electric


It just doesn't get better than that (for me).

21 years eh? Time flies.

GlosGoth wrote: markfiend - we joined this forum almost the same date..

you got 16 thousand posts

I got 40...

Ah well, I'm a gobshite

I have some photo's somewhere, will try and dig them out. Don't get too excited - they're s**t

I knew it was going to be a good one when they opened with Comfortably Numb... although lots of the people around me didn't seem to recognise it.

GlosGoth wrote:hello

long time since posted...

21 years since the NEC Arena gig (Von, Bruhn, Brincheno) the last of the VT era line-up.

Well my friend that sounds very good & all, but here's another of those pesky Belgians out to correct ya: the last of the VT era line up was the gig at Pukkelpop, Hasselt at the end of august. I appologise for possible buble-bursting and also for my behaviour.

But, that tour was a great one indeed!

I was in the belt q too ! A great performance despite the appalling acoustics and the yellow coat. I have a recollection of CNN playing that night but the wiki reminds me it was Tim's brother Toby's insipid band Sunshot (who were terrible, as were industrial "supergroup" Murder Inc., whose set never really got going) so I must have seen CNN (before they added the X for legal reasons) someplace else that year.

markfiend wrote:I knew it was going to be a good one when they opened with Comfortably Numb... although lots of the people around me didn't seem to recognise it.

I was quite looking forward to Comfortably Numb, as the cat had been let out of the bag somewhat by the Kerrrrang! article that had appeared a few weeks prior (seriously? Kerrrrang!? Was that the only publication whose teapot hadn't taken a crap in?!) alluded to it.

Rather less pleased with the audience reaction to Stop Dragging My Heart Around - remember boos and cries of "fuck off!"

Yup a fantastic gig. One of my, if not favourite Sisters gigs ever. Great set list & light show. Even now, a recent check on my most played on my ipod, showed the Numb/SKOS intro to be my most listened to Sisters songs...

I remember getting there very early due to a late night ferry crossing. So early the security thought I was part of the crew. The guy ended up giving me a tour of the place & telling stories about bands that had played there: U2 -nightmare, something to do with wanton do-goodery which posed security problems, Cliff Richard - great for the fans, signed everything & chatted for ages, Bowie - very aloof and distant, unlike Rod Stewart who was the best as he came out and played football with everyone!
Sadly his thoughts on the Sisters remained a mystery. He changed shifts & in doing, so ruined my best chance ever of blagging my way backstage.

markfiend wrote:I knew it was going to be a good one when they opened with Comfortably Numb... although lots of the people around me didn't seem to recognise it.

The guy I went with (now deceased) had been in a The Wall groove for a week or so prior to the gig & Comfortably Numb was a bit of a mindblower to open with

92 was a peak. The concert at the loreley a week prior to nec for sure was my most intense sisters experience, simply supernatural. And i love the nec recording. What a night. People were moved back then.

aye was a great night

didn't he say Alice was for the girl in the white dress as always ,,, she was stood in front of me in a wedding dress with a black sash

and he spoke in German for a while when everyone clapped he said "f**k off you didn't know what I said " or something like that

'you're always 10 years too late'

liked all the elroids who were caught out by the recent change of look and struggling to keep their jeans up after having bullet belts taken away. the helicopters flying in at the end of the gig - that was awsome too

paint it black wrote:'you're always 10 years too late'

too early

BigPhil wrote:

paint it black wrote:'you're always 10 years too late'

too early

The funniest thing to me about that, was obviously they'd selected the intro of 1959 to be played before 1969. Did he really think that it would be that funny to go through the trouble of getting the DAT or whatever the sample was on?

Loved though the interlinking of Driven Like The Snow. It's always a treat when he does the mini-mash-ups (other noteable - Silver Machine/Under The Gun) although, I wonder though if it's totally random or (much like the above gut-buster) pre-planned? I do get the sense that never did anything out of the blue... (woh-o-oh, woh-o-oh)

bangles wrote: I do get the sense that never did anything out of the blue... (woh-o-oh, woh-o-oh)

But is that him or is that the fact he has to rely on pre-programmed drum patterns (& now bass patterns)?
I guess it's hard to hurl a curve ball in there if you're relying on tech to drive the songs.
Stop Draggin' was out of the blue, but it was without any instruments whatsoever.

It was a STUNNING gig. What a way to lose your Sisters Virginity. The bootleg tape I played to death, and is still one of the best shows I've objectively heard.

http://www.thefinalword.co.uk/content/view/15/ - as I wrote at the time.

markreed wrote:It was a STUNNING gig. What a way to lose your Sisters Virginity. The bootleg tape I played to death, and is still one of the best shows I've objectively heard.

http://www.thefinalword.co.uk/content/view/15/ - as I wrote at the time.

Wow, nicely written ... ... I link that to the Wiki, if you don't mind ...

Sure! My typing has improved somewhat since 1992...

markreed wrote:Sure! My typing has improved somewhat since 1992...

Fine, thank you ... I've revised the page and set a link there ... ...

Are there any photos from this show?